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Friday, January 21, 2005

Songs of David Soul

David Soul is better known as Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson in the 70s' Classic TV series Starsky & Hutch. Fans will know that David Soul sings pretty well too. And he's not just an actor who happens to know how to sing.

I've been hunting for the CD Best of David Soul when I knew about it while browsing through www. HMV doesn't carry it anymore and was reluctant to order it for me. But I managed to find a last copy at Gramophone. Hoorah!!

It is seldom that I like all the songs in a single CD. So this is one rare gem!




The songs listing,

1. Don't Give Up on Us
2. Tattler
3. Silver Lady
4. I Wish I Was
5. It Sure Brings Out the Love in Your Eyes
6. Seem to Miss So Much (Coalminer's Song)
7. Let's Have a Quiet Night In
8. Going In With My Eyes Open
9. One More Mountain to Climb
10. Topanga
11. 1927 Kansas City
12. Landlord
13. Nobody But a Fool or a Preacher
14. Bird on a Wire

The first 8 songs are sweet old-fashioned ballads and heavy on the strings. After that there's a change in the genre to an interesting mix of blues/folk/gospel vibe. I'm really happy with the songs. The only imperfection is that the 2 songs "Kristofer David" (a song he wrote for his son) and "Black Bean Soup" (Starsky & Hutch sang a bit of it in Episode "Death Notice") are not included.

Click on the song titles for lyrics. Not quite complete yet. May even add a short run of the audio clips if I can find the time.